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The latest data from the Dawn space probe points to underground ice flows and a water vapour atmosphere.
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Prepare to be amazed …
Dawn’s mission director and chief engineer describes his ‘dream come true’ job – and how the new data coming back from Ceres could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of our solar system.
Is it a dwarf planet, an asteroid or a comet? All of the above? Well, with the latest results about Ceres, researchers aren’t entirely sure anymore.
Everything in space is so far away, but probes bring us closer.
Approaching Ceres, the Dawn spacecraft reveals the dwarf planet in colour for the first time.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft hasn’t reached optimum orbit around Ceres but the data it’s returning has already got scientists excited.
It’s no TIE fighter, but the Dawn probe is driven by the future of spacecraft propulsion: ion engines.
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Flagship Initiatives, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Astronomy, Nottingham Trent University
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Director of Science & Engagement, The Geological Society of London, and Honorary Lecturer, Imperial College London
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Associate Professor, Astronomy, University of Regina
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Senior Beamline Scientist - Powder Diffraction, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Dawn Chief Engineer and Mission Director at JPL, NASA